Dropping Keys

Dropping Keys

Conversations with real people about keys to life, leadership, love, and whatever else we get into.

Episodes

April 14, 2023 57 mins

Today, my Dropping Keys conversation partner is Jessica Fern

Jessica Fern is a Psychotherapist, Coach, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional.

Jessica is the author of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and NonMonomgamy and The Polyseucre Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships.

In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples, and p...

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Dropping Keys podcast Volume 25A is out.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.

In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-Five, my conversation with Michael Trotta

In this volume:
experiencing lifetimes in days,
wisdom everywhere (and nowhere)
the Dip (Seth Godin),
Steven Pressfield's Resistance
and 
owning ...

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Welcome to Volume 25
My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Michael Trotta

Michael Trotta believes everyone has a genius, and their genius tells a story. Helping others discover what these are is what he does best. His programs offer a perspective-shifting blend of myth and mischief that allows people to reimagine their lives, work, and communities while inviting deep learning, connection, and transformation. When he&...
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Dropping Keys podcast Volume 24A is out.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.

In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-Four, my conversation with Juan Kingsbury.

In this volume:
external and internal voices,
Pogo,
industrial strength bubble wrap suits,
Valley Haggard,
Lao Tzu,
and self-compassion.

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My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Juan Kingsbury

Juan developed his knowledge of human behavioral science under TTI Success Insights, where he mastered his understanding of human behavior – specializing in train-the-trainer for some of the corporate world’s best, team building, coaching, and selection. In 2013, Juan created Career Blindspot to work directly with leaders and their ever-changing teams. In 2019 he launched t...

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February 3, 2023 13 mins

This is an "A" volume, an extension of the previous conversation where I dive deeper into one or more of the Keys dropped. 
In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-Three, my conversation with Adian Key.
This is Volume Twenty-Three A

In this volume:
attraction,
aversion,
the lizard brain,
and 
an encouragement -
Be Open.  

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January 20, 2023 64 mins

Aidan Key is a speaker, educator, author, and organizer whose gender-related work spans over two decades.  His desire to increase the understanding and awareness of gender identity development in children, youth and adults has placed him in front of many audiences, including kindergartners, superintendents, judges, teachers, grad students, doctors, psychiatrists, and clergy. 

Key is the author of Trans Bodies, Trans Selve...

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This is an "A" volume, an extension of the previous conversation where I dive deeper into one or more of the Keys dropped. 
In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-Two, my conversation with Bridgette Boudreau.

In this volume:
renovations,
revelations,
shadows,
Mary Oliver,
petrified twinkies,
and an encouragement: Expect Nothing.  Accept Everything. 

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June 24, 2022 69 mins


My co-conspirator is Bridgette Boudreau.

Bridgette is a Master Certified Coach and creator of the Mosaic Life Purpose Framework. For over 15 years as an executive coach and business consultant, Bridgette has personally trained thousands of life coaches, has developed and launched two top-tier life coach training schools, and has specialized in turning around distressed businesses as a C-level executive and business co...

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June 20, 2022 19 mins

Life is Movement

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Dropping Keys podcast Volume 21 A.
It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty-One with co-conspirator April Kaiserlian.

In this volume:
Creation,
flat-lining,
emotional movement,
docks and water,
and
a mobius strip life  

En...

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June 10, 2022 73 mins

My co-conspirator is April Kaiserlian

April Kaiserlian is a psychotherapist in private practice with a focus on creative, contemplative, experiential therapy. She is a collector of the old and the new, the odd and the normal, and she loves to string ideas together in new and creative ways to inspire you on your journey to becoming more fully human.

April is also the co-founder of the Grand Rapids Center for Mindfu...

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Dropping Keys podcast Volume 20 A is out.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Twenty with co-conspirator Justin Foster.

In this volume:
Eros
Phileo        
Agape,
4 Levels of Love,
and
love begins with loving yourself (try it).  

Enjoy.

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May 27, 2022 51 mins

My co-conspirator is Justin Foster


Driven by the belief that leadership begins in the heart, Justin Foster is the co-founder of the intrinsic branding firm Root + River as well as a speaker, writer, poet and mentor. Along a journey that began on a cattle ranch in eastern Oregon, Justin has spent two decades providing unconventional and often heretical brand strategy coaching to executives and founders of every sector and indust...

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May 20, 2022 14 mins

Dropping Keys podcast Volume 19 A is out.

It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped.
In this case, a complement to Volume Nineteen with co-conspirator Heather Harman.

In this volume:
needy or high-maintenance?
independence & self-sufficiency,
ask for what you want and need,
know your feeling words,
and
the need for inte...

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May 13, 2022 70 mins

My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Heather Harman

Heather has over fifteen years of experience in education. 
She has worked in early childhood programs, elementary schools, and at the college level teaching parents and caregivers parent education. 
She is an experienced life coach trained through the Martha Beck Institute and is a certified Gottman Institute instructor. 
Heather is trained as a mediator wit...

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What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. 
It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 
In this case, a complement to Volume Eighteen with co-conspirator Tom Coyne.
 This is Volume Eighteen A:  STOP Living Scared

When I talked with Tom, he said, "It's easier to live scared." 
I believe this is no way to li...

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April 15, 2022 72 mins

My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Tom Coyne

Tom is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author who has been publishing golf stories since 2001. His first book was the novel A Gentleman’s Game, which was named one of the best 25 sports books of all time by The Philadelphia Daily News.  He wrote the film adaptation of the novel, which starred Gary Sinise, Philip Baker Hall, Dylan Baker, and Mason Gamble.  His second book, ...

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What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 

In this case, a complement to Volume Seventeen with co-conspirator Kim Leischer.

"It's all right here."

Kim said this right at the end of our conversation.

In this volume, I talk about 

Lao Tzu,

Carl Jung,

abiding at the center of y...

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April 1, 2022 56 mins

My Dropping Keys co-conspirator is Kim Leischner
Kim Leischner is a professional coach, facilitator, human potential specialist. and entrepreneur. She has more than 20 years of experience in experiential education, life and leadership coaching, systemic constellations, and mindful practice.Kim designs and delivers human development and coaching programs worldwide through her company www.kimleischner.com, and in partnership wit...

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March 25, 2022 22 mins

What you have just opened up is an "A" volume. 
It's an extension of the previous conversation where I take a deeper dive into one or more of the Keys dropped. 
In this case, a complement to Volume Sixteen with co-conspirator Dana Walters.
 This is Volume Sixteen A

In our conversation, Dana referenced Viktor Frankl who wrote:  “Between stimulus and response is a space.  In that space is our power...

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